Nuke plants shut down all the time.
Went through this circus with the Y2K nuts back on that one message board (the name of which escapes me) in 2000. In early January 2000 they were having orgasms over every shutdown or reported maintainance problem.
You must be talking about the "Greenspun" board (or something like that). They have since situated themselves here: http://www.timebomb2000.com/
Lets call Jane Fonda
Went through this circus with the Y2K nuts back on that one message board (the name of which escapes me) in 2000Aye, so did we.
An inventory of some articles from back then:
www.freerepublic.com/forum/t1001566.htm
Definitive Article on Y2K